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Note: ConradoGamboa served in Mexico
and was one of the first graduates of the Methodist Theological School in
Puebla.It appears that his connection
(along with Justo M. Euroza and Simon Loza) with the Wyoming Conference was only “on paper” – a
necessary formality since the Mexico Conference had not yet been
organized.He died of yellow fever after
volunteering to visit the coast district for the American superintendent.More information on ConradoGamboa may be found in John Wesley Butler’s 1918
History of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Mexico.Mrs. Gamboa was
from the Mexican village of Omitlan, eight miles from
Pachuca.

GARDINOR, ROBERT ELLIOT

Born:
1-13-1875New
York NYmarried:
Anna Perry

Died:
2-1-1946Eugene ORobit:
Wyoming Conference 1961, 220

1910admitted on trial, New York Conference

Interment:
Rest Haven Memorial Park, Wendling OR

Obit:
Wyoming Conference 1946, 450

1910-13Ridgebury

1913-16Napanock

1916-19Callicoon

1919-25on leave

1925transfer
to Wyoming Conference

1925-27Union Center

1927-28Mount Upton

1928-30Harpursville

1930-31Scranton Bradley Memorial

1931-33Harford

1933-34New York State Civic League

1934-40on leave

1940retired

Note: Robert E. Gardinor
is the son of Rev. William Gardinor of the Baptist
Church.

GARDNER, MAURICE E.

Born:
5-14-1910South Gibson PAmarried: Margaret Silfee

Died:11-5-1975obit:
[1913-2003]

1946ordained local deacon, Wyoming Conference

Interment:
Evergreen Cemetery, Berkshire NY

Obit:
Wyoming Conference

1946-48Harford

1948-50Berkshire

1953-63Flemingville

1963-66not
appointed

1966-73Harford

Note: Maurice E. Gardner served as a local
pastor, in and around his home town of Berkshire, while working a secular job.

Note:The preferred name appears to
be Gail Garst.The 1952 Reading Eagle carried
this news item: “Scranton,
May 24(AP) — The Rev. James Gail Garst resigned from
the Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Church today in protest against
dismissal of a 29-year-old minister who refused to pay income taxes.Rev. Mr. Garst,
serving the Fairdale-Rush Circuit in the Wilkes-Barre district, withdrew his
application for full connection with the conference and said ‘it is my way of
showing my protest.’The conference, in
executive session at its 102d annual meeting, took action against the Rev.
Richard M. Fichter, of Springfield, Pa., who was
charged with six rural churches in Susquehanna County.Rev. Mr. Garst, who
came here from the Kansas Conference two years ago, said he plans to go back to
Kansas.Fichter,
a deacon in the church, said he refused to pay the federal income taxes as a
‘matter of Christian conscience because of the suicidal armaments race’ the
money would support.”His obituary
states that “miracles had resulted in his bringing renewed interest” at
Burlington – which changed from “pews that had been occupied only at Christmas
and Easter” to “almost capacity crowds every Sunday.”

Note: Listed
as a member of conference 1876-78, Parker J. Gate served as a local preacher
before and after those dates.He appears
to have permanently settled on Staten Island NY about 1890, where he continued
as a local preacher and a deputy sheriff.In 1895 he received a patent for a device connected with fire escapes.

GAUSTAD, RICHARD I.

Born:
11-14-1927married:
Jeanne V. _____

Died:
10-9-2015Floridaobit:
[3/28/1923 - ]

admitted
on trial

ordained
deacon

ordained
elder

Interment:
[cremated, ashes given to family]

Obit:

1985-88Thompson
(beginning 10/15/1985)

1988-89Ransom

1989no
longer listed

Note. Richard I. Gaustad
served as a local preacher.He appears
to have originally been from Minnesota and retired to Florida.

Note:Francis Gendall is
the uncle of William L. Gendall (1874-1958) of the
Evangelical Church.A brief biography of
Francis Gendall appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page
186.

GEORGE, ERNEST CLARENCE JR.

Born:
8-21-1901Plymouth, Englandmarried: E. Louise Smith

Died:
12-18-1974obit:
Eastern Pennsylvania Conf 2007, 59

1930admitted on trial

1932ordained deacon

1934ordained elder

Interment:
Evergreen Cemetery, Shavertown PA

Obit:
Eastern Pennsylvania Conference 1975, 770

1930-35Lake
Como

1935-37Montdale

1937-39Gouldsboro

1939-41Berkshire
NY

1941-43Lanesboro

1943-44Bainbridge
NY

1944-47Otego
NY

1947-49Whitney
NY

1949-56Tioga
Center & Smithboro NY

1956-58Hawleytown NY

1958-60Worcester
NY

1960-63Susquehanns

1963transfer
to Philadelphia Conference

1963-64Birdsboro
(ending 12/1964)

1964-66Georgetown
and Mount Pleasant (beginning 12/1964)

1966-68Thorndale

1968retired

1968-74Clearfield and Marticville

Note: Mrs. George was a Methodist
deaconess.

GEORGE, KENNETH HOWARD

Born:
05-04-1946married:
Kathryn Asher

Died:
obit:
Wyoming Conference 2004, 206

Interment:
Fern Knoll Burial Park, Dallas PA

Obit:

1979-80Wilkes-Barre Bennett Memorial

1980-84Wilkes-Barre Bennet Memorial and Derr
Memorial

1984-85Wilkes-Barre Bennett-Derr

1985-89Wilkes-Barre Brnnett-Derr and
Plains

1989no
longer listed

Note: Kenneth H. George served as a local
preacher.Other records list him as
pastor of the Puritan Congregational Church in Wilkes-Barre.

Note: George S. Geyer served in the Wyoming
Conference as a local preacher.

GIBBS,
FRANK F.

Born:
7-5-1870Maplewood PAmarried: Clara
L. Conrad

Died: obit:

1902local preacher’s license, Scranton Elm Park

1903admitted on trial

1905ordained deacon

1907ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1902-03Gouldsboro

1903-07Bethany

1907-09Lake Como

1909transfer to Minnesota Northern
Conference, page 77

1909transfer to Colorado Conference
(as per General Minutes for Northern Minnesota)

1910transfer to Colorado Conference
(as per General Minutes for Colorado)

1910-11Holly

1911-12Center

1912-17?

1916-17Victor

1917-20?

1920-21Florence

1921-25?

1925-26Clifton

1926-28?

1928withdrew

Note: A biographical sketch of Frank F. Gibbs appears in Chaffee’s
1904 History of the Wyoming Conference,
page 326.

GIBBY, ROBERT EARL

Born:
1-24-1881Waterbury CTmarried: Ruth A.
Clayton

Died:
6-15-1964Dryden NYobit: [1876
– 1/30/1966]

1928license, Wyoming Conference

1936ordained local deacon, Wyoming Conference

?ordained local elder, Wyoming
Conference

Interment:
Green Hills Cemetery, Dryden NY

Obit:
Wyoming Conference 1965, 246

1928-30Edmeston

1930-35Ouaquaga

1935-37Hartwick

1937-39Wells Bridge

1939-43Hornbrook

1943-48Daleville

1948-51Hartford

1951retired

Note: Robert E. Gibby
served as a local preacher.Mrs. Gibby is the daughter of Thomas Ellsworth Clayton (1845-1907)
of the Genesee Conference.

GIBSON,
LEON WILBUR

Born:
8-23-1921married:

Died:
3-1-1996obit:

1951admitted on trial

1951ordained deacon

1953ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:
Southern New Jersey Conference 1997, 232

1951-54student

1954transfer to New York Conference

GIDDINGS,
CHARLES W.

Born:
5-10-1810married:
Clarissa _____

Died:
12-28-1879obit:
Nebraska Conference 1881, 24

1832admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

Interment:

Obit:
Nebraska Conference 1880, 24

1852charter member of Wyoming
Conference

1852-64Honesdale

1854-55Wyoming

1855-56Hawley

1856-58superintendent, Honesdale District

1858-65on leave

1858-59Honesdale

1859-60Nebraska Territory

1861located

Note: The Nebraska State Historical Society notes that “Regular Methodist services were
begun in Southeastern Nebraska in 1858, conducted by G.L. Griffing,
Gabriel Westfall and G.W. [sic] Giddings” – three pastors of the Wyoming
Conference.

GIFFIN,
CHARLES MORTIMER

Born:
10-4-1841near Cincinnati OHmarried: Arabella
Lampley

Died:
4-20-1909obit:
New Jersey Conference 1930, 311

1862admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit: New
York East Conference 1953, 492

1862-64Mainville Circuit

1864-65Cincinnati
Mear's Chapel

1865-67Mount
Washington

1867-68on
leave

1868-69transfer
to New York East Conference

1868-70Brooklyn
Seventh Avenue

1870-73New
Haven CT

1873-76Brooklyn
Nostrand Avenue

1876-77Brooklyn
First Place

1877-86Baltimore
St. John's Independent Methodist Church

1885transfer
to Kentucky Conference

1885-89Covington
Union Church, Covington

1889transfer
to New York East Conference

1889-94Brooklyn
Grace

1894-96Mount
Vernon First Church

1896transfer
to Wyoming Conference

1896-04Scranton
Elm Park Church

1905transfer
to New Jersey Conference

Note: Charles M. Giffin is the
father of Mortimer P. Giffin (?-1952) and William
Gill Giffin (1875-1939), both of the New York East
Conference.A biographical sketch of Charles M.
Giffin appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 327.

GILBERT, CHARLES HENRY

Born:
4-22-1891Binghamton NYmarried: Ruth Diamont

Died:
5-12-1983Kingston PAobit: Wyoming
Conference 1968, 255

1920admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1922ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

1924ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

Interment:
Mt. Zion Cemetery, Luzerne County PA

Obit:
Wyoming Conference 1983, 242

1919-20Slaterville

1920-22Lisle

1922-23Flemingville

1923-25Lisle

1925-27Kirkwood

1927-30Great
Bend – Hallstead

1930Binghamton
Oak Street

1930-33Forest
City – Vandling

1933-36Meshoppen

1936-46Carverton

1946-54Maine
Federated

1954-59Pittston
First

1959retired

GILBERT, DOROTHY R.

Born:
7-26-1920Syracuse NYmarried:
[never married]

Died:
11-2-2012Pittston PAobit:
Susquehanna Conference 2013, 264

1951commissioned, missionary

Interment:
Mount Zion Cemetery, Exeter Township PA

Obit:
Susquehanna Conference 2013, 264

1951-78missionary,
Belgian Congo

New
York

Sierra
Leone

Zaire

Benin

1992retired

Dorothy R. Gilbert is the daughter of
Charles H. Gilbert.

GILES,
DWIGHT EDMUND JR.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1970admitted on trial

1970ordained deacon

ordained
elder

Interment:

Obit:

1970-73student, Union Theological Seminary
in New York NY

1973discontinued

Note:
Dwight E. Giles Jr. is the son of Dwight E. Giles Sr.He entered academia, served on the education
faculty at the University of Boston, and is the author of numerous book and
articles on education.

Note:
Dwight E. Giles is the father of Dwight E. Giles Jr. and a brother to E. Kermit
Giles and Roy E. Giles.

GILES,
EDWIN C. III

Born: married:
Chris _____
Died: obit:

2008license, recommended by Prompton
Community

Interment:
Obit:

2003-05Union Dale (beginning 11/2003)

2005-08Pleasant Mount (ending 10/2008)

2008-10Prompton
Community (beginning 10/2008)

2010transfer to Susquehanna
Conference by boundary change

Note:
Edwin C. Giles served as a local preacher.

GILES, ERR KERMIT

Born:
7-9-1909Pleasant Mount PAmarried: Eleanor Dorothy Kennedy

Died:
3-11-1991Holiday FLobit: Wyoming
Conference 2000, 312

1947license, Primitive Methodist Church

1953ordained, Primitive Methodist Church

Interment:
Clinton Center Cemetery, Clinton Center PA

Obit:
Wyoming Conference 1991, 332

1947-50New Diggings WI

1950-53Platteville WJ

1953-57Houtzdale PA

1957-63Sutersville PA

1963-66Providence, Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Church

1966-69Nanticoke, Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Church

1969transfer
to Wyoming Conference of the United Methodist Church

1969-72Nanticoke

1972-76New Milford

1976retired

1976-81visitation pastor, Riviera UMC in St, Petersburg FL

Note: E. Kermit Giles is a brother to
Dwight E. Giles and Roy E. Giles.He is
the father of OMS missionary Marian L. Giles and of Ruth Giles Woodruff, wife
of Ellsworth P. Woodruff of the Peninsula-Delaware Conference.

Note: Mrs. Goodrich is the daughter of Nelson C. Parker (1823-1913) of the
Troy Conference.A biographical sketch
of John N. Goodrich appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 329.John N. Goodrich, faced with accusations from
two very angry wives, was arrested in Buffalo NY in January 1926 on a charge of
bigamy and sentenced to nine months in prison.Those news accounts give his birth place as Rutland VT and suggest a
birth year of 1871, which appear to be incorrect.It is not clear whether the second Mrs.
Goodrich was “Miss” or “Mrs.” Ella G. Stewart.

Note: Barlow W. Gorham is the father of Helen M. Gorham
Baldwin, missionary to China and sifeStephen L.
Baldwin (1835-1902) of the Newark Conference.He is the author of the 1854 Camp
Meeting Manual.

GORISSE,
GUSTAVE

Born:
6-16-1860Belford,
Francemarried:
Anna V. Brindley

Died:
5-29-1933Moristown NJobit:
Newark Conference 1934, 207

1898 admitted on trial

1900ordained deacon

Interment:
Hilltop Cemetery, Mendham NJ

Obit:
Newark Conference 1934, 200

1898-01Rush

1901-04Gibson

1904-05West Nicholson

1905-07Falls

1907transfer to Newark Conference, page 74

Note: A biographical sketch of
Gustave Gorisse appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page
332.

GORMAN, DANIEL

Born:
4-10-1795married:
Catherine _____

Died:
1-7-1873obit:
[1795 – 6/23/1864]

admitted on trial

Interment:
Old Cemetery, Hamlin PA

Obit:

1854-55Beach
Pond

Note: Daniel Gorman served as a local preacher and was an charter trustee of the 1859 South Sterling church.

GRAHAM,
RICHARD VAN ELLWYN

Born:
7-18-1911Glenwood
PAmarried:
Ola Anita Chewning

Died: 8-5-1993Cochranton PAobit: Wyoming
Conference 2001, 190

1936admitted on trial

1936ordained deacon

1938ordained elder

Interment:
Vestal Hills Memorial Park, Vestal NY

Obit:
Wyoming Conference 1994, 330

1936-38Binghamton Oak Street

1938-39Binghamton Oak Street – Westover

1939-43Tioga Center – Smithboro

1943-45Gibson

1945-48Union Center

1948-52Nimmonsburg

1952-58Worcester

19587-60Susquehanna

1960-63Great Bend

1963-66Wilkes-Barre Parrish Stree

1966-67Hartwick

1967-69Kirkwood

1969-71Wyalusing

1971-75Thompson

1975-77Sanitaria Springs

1977retired

Note: Mrs.
Graham’s sister Ruby Edith Chewning is the wife of Ross
Linger (1903-1985) of the West Virginia Conference.

GRAMENTO,
JEAN MARIE

Born: 11-27-1930New Milford PAmarried: Frank Herbert Gramento

Died: 2-14-2003Tombstone AZobit: [8/15/1927 – 2/20/2010]

Interment: Tombstone Cemetery (new
addition), Tombstone AZ

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2003, 204

Schenevus

moved to Arizona

Note: Jean Marie Gramento’s
maiden name was Hall.She reportedly
served churches in Arizona, but not necessarily within Methodism.

GRANGER,
GORDON L.

Born: 9-2-1876Lamont NYmarried: Ida Hanegan

Died:obit:

1897 local preacher’s license

1901admitted on trial, Dakota Conference

1904ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1898-00Blunt SD

1900-01Coleman SD

1901-02transfer to Dakota Conference

1902transfer to Wyoming Conference

1902-04Tioga Center

1904transfer to Dakota Conference

1904-05Hurley SD

1907transfer to Genesee Conference

transfer
to Maine Conference

1908transfer to East Maine
Conference

1911transfer to East Ohio Conference

1911Cleveland Mars Hill

1911transfer to Pittsburgh
Conference

1911-12West Pittsburgh

1912-13Bridgeville, Pittsburgh Conference

1913-14on
leave*

1914transfer
to Maine Conference

1914-15South
Portland Elm Street & Cape Elizabeth

1915transfer
to St. Louis Conference

1915-16St.
Louis St. Luke’s

1916-17Kansas
City Linwood Boulevard

1917transfer
to Missouri Conference

1917-19St.
Joseph Oakland & St. Pail

1919withdrew,
credentials restored, readmitted

1919transfer
to Arkansas Conference

1919-20Siloam
Springs

1920transfer
to St. Louis Conference

1920-21Kansas
City Wesley

1921-22Springfield
Benton Avenue

1922expelled
for misuse of church funds

*G.L. Granger stayed on leave with the Pittsburgh Conference
for the next few years while at the same time he was transferring in and out of
other conferences (including one reference to the Oklahoma Conference) and
serving part-year appointments in them.

Note: A biographical sketch of
Gordon L. Granger appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History
of the Wyoming Conference, page 329.His complete and accurate record cannot be established.What appears above is the best reconciliation
of conflicting records from various conferences.In some General Minutes he is listed as two
different people in the same year – but this is clearly the work of a single
Gordon L Granger [Grangier] who changed conferences
with abandon, almost as if deliberately trying to disguise his movements, until
he was finally expelled from the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1922.In 1932 G.L. Granger led a revival meeting at
a Free Methodist Church in Marshall MI.In 1941 a G.L. Granger Jr [a son?] was pastor of a Free Methodist church
in Arizona.

Note: Joseph M.M. Gray is the son of Joseph Gray (1840-1918)
of the Central Pennsylvania Conference. He is listed in the 1945 Prominent Personalities
in American Methodism and the1952 Who’s Who in Methodism.

GRECCO,
KATHY L.

Born: 8-9-1952married:
Anthony A. Grecco

Died: 2-13-2004obit:

2001licensed
local pastor

Interment: [cremated]

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2004, 207

2000-04Equinunk (beginning 11/1/2000)

Note: Kathy L. Grecco
is married to Anthony A. Grecco.She served as a local preacher.Her maiden name was Nelson.

GRECCO,
ANTHONY A.

Born: married:
Kathy L. Nelson.

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

2005-10LaAnna
(beginning 10/2/2005)

2010transfer to Susquehanna
Conference by boundary change

Note:
Anthony A. Grecco is married to Kathy L. Grecco.He served as
a local preacher.

GREEN, ARTHUR J.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1912admitted on trial,
Northern New York Conference

?ordained deacon

1922ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1909-10Massena
Center – Racquette River

1912Clockville (last part of year)

1912-14Vernon
Center

1914-16Williamstown

1916-17Lehman,
Wyoming Conference [to attend Wyoming Seminary]

1917transfer
to Wyoming Conference

1917-20Larksville

1920-23Parsons

1923-24without
assignment – while a “matter” is investigated, see page 47

1924-25superintendent,
Capitol District of the New York Civic League

1925-26state
secretary, New York Civic League

1926-29on leave

1929located

GREEN,
BARBARA T.

Born: married:
Paul Green

Died: obit:

1990license

Interment:

Obit:

1990-92Brookvale(beginning (10/1/1990)

1992-96Brookvale– West Chenango

1996-98Choconut
Center– West Chenango

1998-01not appointed

2001-02Campville(beginning 8/6/2001)

2002-04associate, Enwell

2004-06Sanitaria Springs– Port Crane

2006-10Sidney

Note:
Barbara T. Green served as a local preacher.

GREEN,
SAMUEL

Born: 1831married:
Amanda M. Dwight

Died: 1915Schenevus
NYobit:
[1836-1907]

1875local preacher’s license

Interment:
Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton NY

Obit:

Note: Samuel Green is the father of L. Anna Green MacDonald,
wife of David L. MacDonald.Samuel Green
lived in Binghamton NY and served as a local pastor.

GREENE,
HIRAM ASHLEY

Born:
4-29-1861Greenfield
NYmarried:
Mattie O. Phillips

Died:
4-13-1919obit:
Wyoming Conference 1892, 98

married2:
Ella S. Johnsbee

obit2:
Wyoming Conference 1945, 174

?exhorter’s
license, Binghamton Chenango Street

?local
preacher’s license, Binghamton Chenango Street

1890admitted on trial

1892ordained deacon

Interment:
God’s Acre, Greenfield NY

Obit:
Wyoming Conference 1919, 144

1890-91Harford

1891-93Osborne
Hollow and Port Cane

1893-94Sanitaria
Springs

1894-98Hartwick and Mount Vision

1898-00Worcester

1900-01conference
evangelist

1901-02Lackawanna

1902-04Courtdale
and Larksville

1904-09on leave

1909retired

1916-18Harford PA

1918-19Waverly PA

Note: A
biographical sketch of Hiram A. Greene appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page
330.He reportedly preached for the
Baptist Church 1881-89 before joining the Methodists

Note:George Greenfield is the father of George H.
Greenfield (1873-?) of the California Conference – and later a long-time
Presbyterian clergyman at Elko NV, followed by ministerial service in the First
Congregational Church at Santa Barbara CA.A brief biography of George Greenfield appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page
187.

GREGG, ALBERT B.

Born: 1-4-1825Augusta NYmarried:
Susan S. White

Died:
3-31-1878Rome
NYobit:
Central NY Conference 1903, 120

1856admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

Interment:
Stockbridge Cemetery, Munnsville NY

Obit:
Central New York Conference 1878, 72

1854-55Whitney
Point, Wyoming Conference

1855-56Lisle

1856-58Fleming

1858-60Moravia

1860-62Port
Byron

1862-63Newfield

1863-65Union
Springs

1865-67Utica
State Street

1867on
leave

1867-69agent,
removal of Genesee College

1869-72superintendent,
Herkimer District

1872transfer
to Northern New York Conference by boundary change

1872-73superintendent,
Herkimer District

1873transfer
to Central New York Conference

1873-76Jordan

1876-78Baldwinsville

GREGORY,
AMY B.

Born: married:
William Phillips

Died: obit:

1996admitted on trial

1996ordained deacon

2001ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1996-97 student

1997-99ministry coordinator, NYC Park Avenue
Christian Church

1999-02ministry coordinator NYC St Paul’s
& St. Andrew’s

2002-07NYC East Avenue, New York Conference

2007-09on leave

2009-10Greene – Smithville Center

2010charter
member of Upper New York Conference

GREIG-ANDERSON,
NOLA

Born: married:
Andy Anderson

Died: obit:

?admitted on
trial

?ordained
deacon

?ordained
elder

Interment:

Obit:

2003-07DavenportandWest Davenport

2007-10Johnson CitySarah Jane Johnson Memorial

Note: Nola
Greig-Anderson is a member of the Methodist Church of
the Caribbean and The Americas.

GRIDLEY, DELOS H.

Born:
2-28-1862Middleburg
NYmarried:
Ruth Anna West

Died:
11-30-1943obit:
Newark Conference 1952, 164

1898admitted on trial

1900ordained deacon

1902ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:
Newark Conference 1944, 581

1898-00Speedsville

1901-03Orwell

1903transfer
to Newark Conference

1903-04Middle
Smithfield PA

1904-07Vernon

1907-10Midvale

1910-13Blairstown

1913-17Patterson
Simpson

1917-19Jersey
City Palisade

1919-21Prince
Bay NY St. Mark’s

1921-24Bernardsville

Note: Delos H. Gridley was a teacher, farmer and beekeeper
before graduating from Drew Theological Seminary in 1898 and entering the
ministry.

GRIFFETH,
CHARLES MILTON

Born:
6-6-1886married:
Edith May Pooley

Died:
4-29-1954obit:
Peninsula Conference 1945, 170

1912admitted on trial

Interment:
Sudlersville Cemetery, Sudlersville
MD

Obit:
Peninsula Conference 1954, 598

1912-13Maple Grove

1913-15Centermoreland

1915-16Rush

1916-19Glen Lyon

1919transfer to New Jersey Conference, page 34

GRIFFIN,
AUSTIN

Born: 2-1-1836Westford NYmarried: Rosalia O. LaMoure

Died:
11-25-1916obit:
Wyoming Conference 1929, 142

1860admitted on trial

Interment:
Glenwood Cemetery, Oneonta NY

Obit:
Wyoming Conference 1917, 107

1860-62Schuyler's
Lake

1862-64Laurens

1864-66Otsego

1866-69Hartwick

1869-70Milford

1870-72Oneonta

1872-75Carbondale

1875-78Binghamton
Centenary

1878-81West
Pittston

1881-85superintendent,
Wyoming District

1885-87Kingston

1887-91Wilkes-Barre
Central

1891-94Binghamton
Tabernacle

1894-97financial
agent, Preacher's Aid Society

1897-98superintendent,
Oneonta District

1898-04superintendent,
Wyoming District

1904-10superintendent, Oneonta District

1910-12corresponding secretary, Preachers’
Aid Society

1912retired

Note: A
biographical sketch of Austin Griffin appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page
331.

Note: George Lane Griffing is the
son of William Martin Griffing (1783–c1864), reported
to be a “lay minister” in the Methodist Episcopal Church.The Nebraska State Historical Society notes
that “Regular
Methodist services were begun in Southeastern Nebraska in 1858, conducted by
G.L. Griffing, Gabriel Westfall and G.W. Giddings” –
three pastors of the Wyoming Conference.The third Mrs. Griffing was the widow of a Mr.
Hull.The fourth Mrs. Griffing was the widow of George’s brother, Joseph L. Griffing (1827-1881).

Note: Robert V. Guthrie never served in the Wyoming
Conference.His 1956
admission/ordination was a courtesy for the Erie Conference.

GUYLER,
JACK H. JR

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1987admitted
on trial, Wyoming Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1986-87Newport

1987-89Grater
Newport charge

1989no longer listed

Note: Jack H. Guyler may have
started the 1989 conference year on the Newport charge, but he left very
shortly thereafter to become pastor of the newly formed Christ Independent
Methodist Church nearby “at Maple Hill Chapel, behind St, Mary’s Cemetery in
Hanover township.”As of 2017 he was serving in the Eastern Regional Conference of the
Churches of God.